Does Looking at Your Fursona Feel Weird?

[WhiteTiger89]

Hey all,

So I've recently had my fursona commissioned by Sugarpoultry of DeviantArt, my favorite artist. My new avatar is a clip from that very piece.



What I wanted to know is if anyone else feels a little weird looking at their fursona. Because I know for me, every time I look at this piece, I really feel like I'm looking at myself. Like the picture is just a mirror reflecting not just my face, but my soul as well. Every time I look at my new profile picture, I see my own face, my own smile. Hell, even my own eyes and they're not even the same color! 

Have any of you ever felt the same way when looking at pictures of your fursonas?

[Ares the Ram]

I look at my fursona and see the being that I want to be, as a goal in life to become him personality wise, though I wont complain if I can manage physically too 

[Fly Boy]

Well, I DO look at my fursona and feel like we are one, mainly because he is ME down to the finite details of personality. Of course, he's an Antro Husky and I'm human, but we are ONE (terrible reminder of a Lion King Song  ). I have times that I dream as my fursona, and I have times where I imagine myself as him. I believe the best way to explain it is that while I'm human, Jacob Grey is me as well, and we are one person.

[WhiteTiger89]

Well, I DO look at my fursona and feel like we are one, mainly because he is ME down to the finite details of personality. Of course, he's an Antro Husky and I'm human, but we are ONE (terrible reminder of a Lion King Song  ). I have times that I dream as my fursona, and I have times where I imagine myself as him. I believe the best way to explain it is that while I'm human, Jacob Grey is me as well, and we are one person.

Well, I happen to like that Lion King song so I won't hold it getting stuck in my head against you. And I think your way of explaining it is perfect. I feel almost exactly the same way.

[✡]

i suppose it's me, but all i see is an idealized version of myself. not really me...

[Karma Moonshadow]

I kinda know what you mean. It doesn't seem odd when it's a picture I drew myself, any more than it would seem weird if I drew a portrait of myself. But when someone else attempts to draw my fursona, it always sortof gives me chills, since it's me through someone else's eyes, and it's always completely different according to who draws her. Or at least that was how it was back when I was Dander; no one has tried to draw Aura (yet). It's a pretty cool feeling though when my brain automatically places the label of myself on any picture of my fursona.

[Daemon]

not at all.
as an author of many, many unfinished stories, I see my sona as just another character. one that'll probably be replaced much farther in the future, when my interests change.

[Spiral_Galaxy]

Wow, I am NOT as furry as you, no offence
when I look at pictures of Spiral that I drew, I useualy think, "man I did a crappy job on the _______"
then I try to fix it...

[Fly Boy]

^I think everyone does that after drawins something

[NJMike]

Not really, no. I don't see why it would.

[WhiteTiger89]

Wow, I am NOT as furry as you, no offence
when I look at pictures of Spiral that I drew, I useualy think, "man I did a crappy job on the _______"
then I try to fix it...

Lol, none taken. It really has dawned on me since getting this commission that I am quite furry.

And I don't think your reaction is limited to illustrators (took me a while to remember that word.  ), I think it's something that ALL artists tend to do. I certainly do it with my writing.

[icy wolf]

i feel like when i see a photo of mu furson that it is me.... me in another reality .... i feel good and " right" when ever i see a pic of him.

[WhiteTiger89]

i feel like when i see a photo of mu furson that it is me.... me in another reality .... i feel good and " right" when ever i see a pic of him.

Yeah, that's me as well. That's the bit that feels weird to me.

[icy wolf]

hehe your not alone in felling that way... good to know there are others like you out there huh.

[WhiteTiger89]

It feels very good Icy, very good indeed. That's the whole reason I came here in the first place.